** Update – I used this eBay seller to buy the pencils, they arrived within a week ** When I spotted this new release from Etude House, a brand which if I am honest I have found very samey of late, I was like YEAH BABY! Play 101 Pencils is a collection of 50 […]

Just a shorty post – I saw a brand recently called VDL (stands for Violet Dream Luminous….errr…yes) a Korean beauty brands owned by LG (yes, the electronics people). I couldn’t resist hunting down and buying some items and so far – they are LOVELY. I bought the Expert Colour Lip Cube colours in Rosewood […]

The second limited edition Etude House halloween nail polishes is the Pumpkin set consisting of one golden orangey shade and a brown-black based one with orange glittery particles. I like this set – it’s quite interesting and a lot of fun! Plus I just like gold polish in general

This is slightly late, but Etude House released a number of limited edition nail polishes to celebrate Halloween and Christmas! You can still purchase these on eBay so I decided to post about them. There are 2 sets of 2 nail polishes to choose from. Here I have the first Halloween set which is […]

Etude House’s holiday release Princess Etoinette is a super girly, pink, princessy dream; it has the look of Jill Stuart but for a fraction of the price. The range is fairly large, with a selection of lipsticks, nail polish, candles, blush, loose powder, accessories such as a mirror, comb and brushes. I purchased a […]

People quite frequently ask me, What is my favourite mascara? And my answer usually is…I dunno. It changes. Plus my lashes aren’t like your lashes, they’re straight and kind of awkward so, it takes a special kind of mascara. It’s like having big boobs or big feet; you need to buy good quality, expensive, rare […]

Who has time to sit around waiting for nail polish to dry, right? I definitely don’t, and even when I have good intentions (applying it before bedtime) I end up with weird creases and marks the following morning! When I spotted these super cute VOV (Korean brand) Nail Cone Super Speed Polishes, I had to […]

Remember when Barry M brought out the crackle nail polish and everyone went nuts? Geez, even Mr C amazed! I got bored of crackles pretty quickly then there was magnetic polish – once again a really really clever concept but one I have yet to master! Korean brands have been making crackle and magnetic polishes […]

Clio is a fairly expensive Korean make up brand (in comparison to Skinfood, Etude House et al) and is also quite tricky to find if you are ordering from the UK! I have a real eyeliner obsession and spotted these super cool looking gel pencil eyeliners called Gelpresso – like Gel and Espresso!!!!! Oh wait….Gel…Express….O. […]

The Face Shop is a Korean brand with some really interesting one off products. I find their Korean site very hard to navigate though so it’s tricky for me to see all the products they offer in one place. I did spot these Real Diamond (allegedly contains a small amount of diamond powder!) on eBay […]

I wonder if you can suddenly catch a beauty disease? I think I have temporarily dropped the lipstick disease for the nail polish one. I can’t stop buying them! I generally favour bright shades, like hot pinks and corals – they look best with my skintone although I am growing to like these sort of […]

I love a shimmery and glittery polish – why? Because any idiot can apply a glitter polish and make it look good, present company included. Having said that I despise removing them -urgh. But I love the effect. I either don’t wear a polish or wear something quite striking, nothing inbetween. When I spotted these […]

Now this is an interesting product! Holika Holika’s UV Magic Shield Stick is a Eye Brightening SPF stick. It is supposed to brighten, of course, and provide a whopping SPF50 is sun protection. Sounds like a good idea to me – if the sun is the cause of mucho ageing then it’s a good idea […]

For some reason if there’s one item of make up I forget to put on it’s blusher. I think it’s because I spend the longest time on my eyeshadow, I always use some kind of concealer or foundation – and by the time I’ve done that I don’t have much time left for anything else! […]

I love high intensity, pigmented lip glosses, although they can be quite unforgiving on unhealthy lips and can smudge easily. Korean Brand, The Face Shop is a brand I am currently testing out and I spotted their Extreme Rouge Glosses on eBay. These vivid lip glosses are highly pigmented, contain Argan oil and adds volume […]

Holika Holika is fast becoming a brand I pay attention to because the products are pretty good, interesting and…well, fun. There aren’t that many fun brands around. Holika Holika Magic Pole mascara is honestly called ‘Magic Pole’ – try not to laugh, and has a very interesting applicator, Half Givenchy, Half Jill Stuart. The packaging […]

Etude House LUCIDarling lip glosses and lipsticks are rather lovely – I’ve tried a few shades before, and they’re pretty pigmented and hydrating. I bought 2 lipsticks and 2 lip glosses, I wanted a cool toned mauve and a reds. I’ve come to realise I buy more lipsticks than lip glosses – I guess it’s […]

The Face Shop is a Korean make up and skincare brand who makes quite a variety of products! Their products place the emphasis the ‘eco beauty’. I bought three of their blushers from the Lovely Me range to try: I was suckered in by the packaging – so cute! This shape blusher always reminds me […]

I’ve tried a few things from the extremely cute Holika Holika brand, and I’ve found their skincare is stronger than their cosmetics. Nevertheless I tried their cute Melomovie Gel Eyeliners because I love gel liners and there were 2 unusual colours I don’t already own (purple and hot pink). Packaging – (quite inconsistent with Holika […]

I am always looking out for new releases from Etude House and I spotted these cool Shadow Liners a few weeks ago (took forever to arrive!). These are dual use products, both eyeshadows and liners. I’d say it’d also work beautifully as a base! I bought two, 01 which is a nude beige and 04 […]